Ancient China · Royal Family Member

Shen Sheng 申生

Died BC 656

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shen Sheng was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

BC 656 晉獻公殺申生
Killed by ruler · Authority Duke Xian of Jin (晉獻公) · Mode allusion
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 161

Attested activity

BC 656 晉獻公殺申生
Derived from the source · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 161

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Duke Xian of Jin (晉獻公)
killed Shen Sheng 殺申生
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 161

References in the histories

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 59Volume 59: Book of Wu 14: Biographies of the Five Sons of the Lord of Wu · 1 passage

權欲廢和立亮，無難督陳正、五營督陳象上書，稱引晉獻公殺申生，立奚齊，晉國擾亂，又據、晃固諫不止。 When Sun Quan meant to depose Sun He for Sun Liang, colonels Chen Zheng and Chen Xiang cited Duke Xian of Jin, who killed Shen Sheng to install Xi Qi and threw the state into chaos; Zhu Ju and Qu Huang still would not let the matter drop.